JP2007302345A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Automatic machine and method for packaging a series of editorial products with plastic film, and related packaging

  The present invention relates to an automatic machine and method for packaging a series of editorial products with plastic film and related packaging.

  In the graphics field, there is a tendency to provide customers with more and more accessories. As a result of this, editorial products, such as newspapers, magazines or other similar items, are packaged with plastic film along with other products or accessories for both direct sales and delivery to the subscriber. .

  In order to make the products visible, these products are usually packaged by film bags, the most important products being visible on the two front and back sides of the package.

  Although not welcomed by newspaper sellers, another solution is to arrange and package various products on a support paperboard, these products being lined up and / or covered. Overlaid over part. With this solution, however, the product is actually cumbersome and difficult to display on the stand.

  An object of the present invention is an automatic machine and method for packaging a series of edited products with plastic film, providing related packages, the products of the packages and their contents, as well as editing inserts and accessories. It is an object of the present invention to provide an automatic machine and method that can make the contents of the machine appear larger.

  Another object of the present invention is to provide an automatic machine and method for packaging a series of editable products with plastic film so that related packages can be easily stacked. .

  Yet another object of the present invention is an automatic machine and method for packaging a series of editorial products with plastic film, which is specially simple and functional and can reduce costs. It is to provide a method.

  These objects of the present invention are achieved by providing an automatic machine and method for packaging a series of editorial products with plastic film as described below.

  That is, according to one aspect of the present invention, there is provided an automatic machine for packaging a series of edited products with a plastic film, an apparatus for supplying the edited product, and a mechanical conformer for winding the plastic film around the edited product. And at least one first product and at least one second product to the packaging station, respectively, in an automatic machine comprising a packaging station equipped with a device for closing the wrapped plastic film. Including two parallel first and second pusher conveyors, the packaging station including at least one longitudinal closure device and a transverse welding station for forming a package, wherein the package is the first Includes two closed separate bags for each of the product and the second product , Automatic machine, characterized in that these bags can be folded are provided.

  According to another aspect of the present invention, in a method of packaging a series of edited products with a plastic film, at least one first main product and at least one second product are packaged separately and side by side. Supplying to the station, winding the plastic film around the first and second products in parallel, and closing the package to form two separate wrapping bags for the first and second products. And at least one longitudinal weld and at least one lateral weld at an intermediate position between the parallel first and second products.

  The above-described automatic machine for packaging a series of edited products with plastic film is preferably characterized by the following.

  In the automatic machine, the at least one first product is supplied to the first pusher conveyor by a vertical supply device, and the at least one second product is supplied to the second pusher by a horizontal supply device. It is supplied to a conveyor.

  In the automatic machine, each of the first and second pusher conveyors includes a lateral guide, and the lateral guide can be adjusted based on the size of the first and second products. To do.

  The automatic machine is characterized in that the second pusher conveyor has an intermediate axis that can move the second pusher conveyor side by side with the first pusher conveyor.

  In the automatic machine, the first pusher conveyor includes at least one other lateral supply device for supplying other products to a stacking position with respect to the first product.

  In the automatic machine, the longitudinal closing device is a glue dispenser.

  In the automatic machine, the longitudinal closing device is a welding machine suitable for selectively performing longitudinal welding between the two bags.

  The automatic machine further includes a longitudinal welder disposed laterally for performing side trimming of the excess portion of the plastic film and closing of the package.

  The automatic machine further includes an overturning device with a belt for overlapping the two bags.

  In the automatic machine, the packaging station includes at least one label beamer disposed along the unwinding traveling portion of the plastic film for attaching the label at a preset position. .

  The automatic machine is characterized in that the at least one label beamer is associated with a punching device for punching the plastic film in alignment with the label.

  The above-described method for packaging a series of edited products with a plastic film is preferably characterized by the following.

  The method further includes the step of providing at least one other product in a lateral direction to be positioned over the first main product.

  The method further comprises the step of laterally attaching a label to the plastic film at a predetermined intermediate position between the product and other products following these products, and two wrapping areas for the label. Performing a lateral weld so as to form.

Furthermore, according to yet another aspect of the invention, in a package for a series of editorial products, the at least one first main product and the at least one second product are closed separately from each other. There is provided a package characterized in that it comprises two parallel bags.

  The package is preferably characterized by the following.

  In the package, the two bags can be folded along an intermediate closing line to provide four separate display sides for great visibility of the packaged product.

  In the package, two wrapping areas for labels forming an overlapping display band are provided at the upper end of the two bags and separated from the two bags by a lateral weld. It is characterized by that.

  The features and advantages of the automatic packaging machine and method according to the present invention will become more apparent from the following illustrative and non-limiting description given with reference to the drawings.

  Referring to the drawings, FIGS. 1-7 schematically illustrate a packaging machine, indicated generally by the numeral 10. At least one first editing product 11 and at least one second product 11 ′ to make an associated package 100 (FIG. 2) having four different display sides for good visibility of the packaged product. The packaging machine 10 implements a method of packaging a series of products including a plastic film 12.

  The first side of the cover (facing downward in FIG. 2) is, for example, a cover of the main magazine, or a pseudo cover in the form of a magazine promotional print with a barcode representing the selling price of the magazine. Can show. The second side of the cover (shown as side “B” in FIG. 2) can show, for example, a graphic insert. The second surface of the cover is similar to the third cover surface (shown as side “C” in FIG. 2). The third cover surface can alternatively indicate the back of the accessory. For maximum visibility, accessories, such as audio discs or videos, books or other similar items, are effectively viewed on the fourth side of the cover (in FIG. 2, similar to the first side). Must be located).

  The package 100 is such that there are two bags 101 for the two products 11 and 11 ', which are each closed and separated from each other.

  In the preferred embodiment of the package 100 according to the invention, two wrapping areas 102 for the labels 103 are provided at the upper ends of the two bags 101. Therefore, an overlapping band of the packaged product is formed, and information necessary for confirming the product and the insert, sales price, promotional wording, and the like can be seen in the overlapping band.

  In addition to the two bags 101 for the first product 11 and the second product 11 ′, each of the enveloping areas 102 for the two labels 103 is an intermediate longitudinal weld (intermediate closing line) of plastic film 104 and the bent portion 105 close all the sides.

  The package 100 according to the present invention can be folded along the line of the intermediate longitudinal weld 104 at the end of the packaging machine packaging process, thereby making the package 100 compact.

  The automatic packaging machine 10 includes a longitudinal feeder 13 which longitudinally feeds the first product 11 on the first pusher conveyor 14 which is the main pusher conveyor according to the forward direction indicated by the arrow F. Send in the direction (longitudinal direction). In an exemplary and non-limiting embodiment of the packaging machine according to the invention, illustrated and detailed, the product 11 is fed with its cover facing downwards to provide the maximum visible product at the end of the packaging. Form.

  The first pusher conveyor 14 is juxtaposed with at least one lateral feed device 15 in the first section. Each lateral feed device 15 is a feeder for sending other products, such as, for example, inserts, magazines, newspapers, leaflets, or a series of these to the stacking position for the first product. That is, each lateral supply device 15 can send a product 11 different from the product 11 sent from the vertical supply device 13 onto the first pusher conveyor 14 and wrap the series of products 11 with the first bag 101. It can be so.

  In the next section, the first pusher conveyor 14 is aligned with the second pusher conveyor 16. The second pusher conveyor 16 is a conveyor for transferring at least one second product 11 ′, which is different from the first product 11 described above, toward the packaging station 20. And, for example, an automatic feeder for graphic editing products, or a robotized lateral feed device 17 for accessories, audio discs, videos or other items is placed beside the second pusher conveyor 16. Yes.

  The two pusher conveyors 14 and 16 each include a lateral guide 18 that can be adjusted based on the size of the product being transferred onto the pusher conveyors 14 and 16.

  Furthermore, the second pusher conveyor 16 has its own intermediate axis 19 which can be moved side by side to align the second pusher conveyor 16 with the first pusher conveyor 14.

  3A and 3B are schematic cross-sectional views of two first and second pusher conveyors 14 and 16, respectively, which are parallel to each other and carry a first product 11 and a second product 11 ', respectively. And the second pusher conveyor 16 carries a different size product 11 '.

  In addition, a special autonomous motor (not shown) is provided that operates in conjunction with the motor of the first pusher conveyor 14, which is the main pusher conveyor, so that the pusher phase of the second pusher conveyor 16 is the first. The pusher conveyor 14 can be varied as desired with respect to the pusher phase.

  The subsequent packaging station 20 includes a continuous unwind bobbin for delivering the plastic film 12 and a mechanical conformer 21 as schematically shown in FIG. The plastic film 12 is unwound, changed in direction again, and directed in the vertical direction F.

  In FIG. 1, two label beamers 22 are placed on the unwinding running part of the wrapping plastic film 12 in order to place a label 103 which is preprinted and / or to be printed together with immutable and / or variable data. Are arranged along. These label beamers 22 are separated from each other in correspondence with a preset length that is greater than the length of the first product 11 to be packaged in a transverse direction with respect to the supply direction F and for each pair of labels 103. Stick to the packaging film 12 at a distance.

  Alternatively, the labels 103 can all be the same and delivered from a roller not shown.

  Alternatively, and also on a pair of levels suitably positioned between the first and second products 11 and 11 'and the other first and second products 11 and 11' following these products. Alternatively, a single label 103 can be attached to the plastic film 12.

  In addition, a known type of punching machine, not shown in FIG. 1, can be incorporated into the packaging machine 10, which acts on the plastic film 12 in line with the label 103 to be affixed, so that the package 100. Make a suitable hole to hang.

  The label 103 can be made from a variety of materials, such as paper, film, or other materials. These labels 103 then strengthen the area of the display band in order to support the weight of the products 11 and 11 'when the package 100 is hung and to eliminate the formation of wrinkles in the plastic film 12. And it is suitable for making it more rigid.

  The mechanical conformer 21 wraps the plastic film 12 around the products 11, 11 ′ sent from the two pusher conveyors 14, 16 to the packaging station 20.

  A known type of longitudinal closing device 23, schematically shown in FIG. 1, is, for example, a wheel welder, glue dispenser, ultrasonic welder or other similar device that contains products 11 and 11 ′. An intermediate longitudinal weld 104 is made to separate the two side-by-side bags 101 from each other.

  As shown in FIG. 4A, the plastic film 12 is folded along two edges on both sides thereof into two side-by-side first and second products 11 and 11 ′ (reference numeral 105 denotes the two The longitudinal weld 104 also forms the weld of the plastic film 12 in the case of creating an overlap area in the substantially central part).

  As shown in FIG. 4B, the plastic film 12 can also be folded only along one edge of the second product 11 '(reference numeral 105 indicates this one fold). In this case, as schematically shown in cross section in FIG. 5, the intermediate longitudinal weld 104 separates the two bags 101 from each other and another longitudinal welder 24 arranged laterally. Performs the side trimming of the excess film 106 and the closing of the package 100.

  In an alternative embodiment not shown, if the packaging machine is converted for the production of a single package, eg an emergency for a single package if the other line breaks When a packaging machine is used as the line, the longitudinal closing device 23 can be set up to perform longitudinal cutting.

  Each pair of single packages by feeding the same product to both the first and second pusher conveyors 14 and 16 and then welding the plastic film 12 longitudinally at an intermediate position with respect to the two products That is, productivity can be doubled.

  At the next lateral welding station 25, two welding rods 26 (shown schematically in FIG. 6), also of known type, close the package 100 and the two lateral directions of the plastic film 12. The welding part 107 is made. That is, these welding rods 26 separate the bag 101 from the wrapping area 102 of the label 103 and detach the package 100 from the plastic film 12 being supplied.

  The overturning device 27 that allows the two bags 101 to overlap, as shown schematically in FIG. 7, turns the product 11 ′ aligned with the main product 11 over the top surface of the main product 11. Including a base belt that causes reversal to be suitable. In this manner, the package 100 can be made compact by superimposing the two products 11 and 11 ′.

  The automatic machine 10 for packaging a series of editorial products with plastic film according to the present invention may further include other known devices, such as accumulators, manipulators, conveyors or other devices for subsequent packaging machines. it can.

  A series of editable product packages made by the machine and method according to the present invention have the advantage of providing greater visibility of the insert and hence unchanging value with the promotion.

  The automatic packaging machine according to the invention can also be beneficially used to package a single product with high productivity.

  The above-described automatic machine and method for packaging a series of edited products with plastic film, and the related packaging products, can be modified and modified in many ways. All are included in the present invention. All details may be replaced by technically equivalent elements. Indeed, the material used and its size can be varied according to the technical requirements.

1 is a schematic diagram of an automatic machine for packaging a series of edited products with plastic film according to the present invention. FIG. It is a figure which shows schematically the packaged product of the moment cut | disconnected from the plastic film supplied to the packaging machine of FIG. FIG. 2 schematically shows a cross section of two parallel pusher conveyors according to an example of a feeding method for the packaging machine of FIG. 1. FIG. 2 schematically shows a cross section of two parallel pusher conveyors according to another example of a method for feeding to the packaging machine of FIG. 1. Fig. 2 shows an example of a possible arrangement for placing a plastic film around a product for longitudinal welding in the packaging station of the packaging machine of Fig. 1. FIG. 6 shows another example of a possible arrangement for placing a plastic film around a product for longitudinal welding in the packaging station of the packaging machine of FIG. 1. Fig. 2 schematically shows another longitudinal welding machine for closing a package in the packaging machine of Fig. 1; It is a figure which shows roughly the horizontal direction welding station in the packaging machine of FIG. It is a figure which shows the overturning apparatus of the automatic packaging machine by this invention.

10 Packaging machine 11 First product (edited product)
11 'Second product (edited product)
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 12 Plastic film 13 Longitudinal supply apparatus 14 1st pusher conveyor 15 Lateral supply apparatus 16 2nd pusher conveyor 17 Lateral supply apparatus 18 Lateral guide 19 Central axis 20 Packaging station 21 Conformer 22 Label beam machine 23 Longitudinal closing Equipment 24 Longitudinal Welding Machine 25 Lateral Welding Station 26 Welding Rod 27 Overturning Equipment 100 Package 101 Bag 102 Wrapping Area 103 Label 104 Middle Longitudinal Welding Section (Intermediate Closed Line)
105 Bending part 106 Excess film 107 Lateral welding part

Claims (17)

  An automatic machine for packaging a series of editing products with a plastic film, a machine for supplying editing products (11, 11 ') and a machine for winding a plastic film (12) around the editing products (11, 11') In an automatic machine comprising a conformer (21) of the formula and a packaging station (20) provided with a device for closing the wrapped plastic film (12), at least one first product (11) and Including two parallel first and second pusher conveyors (14, 16) each supplying at least one second product (11 ') to the packaging station (20), the packaging station (20) comprising: At least one longitudinal closing device (23) and a transverse welding station (2) for forming a package (100) The package (100) includes two closed separate bags (101) for each of the first product (11) and the second product (11 ′); An automatic machine characterized in that these bags (101) are foldable.   2. The automatic machine according to claim 1, wherein said at least one first product (11) is fed to said first pusher conveyor (14) by a longitudinal feed device (13) and said at least one second product. Product (11 ') is fed to the second pusher conveyor (16) by a lateral feed device (17).   The automatic machine according to claim 1, wherein each of said first and second pusher conveyors (14, 16) includes a lateral guide (18), and these lateral guides (18) are said first and second Automatic machine characterized in that it can be adjusted based on the size of the product (11, 11 ').   4. An automatic machine according to claim 3, wherein the second pusher conveyor (16) is capable of moving the second pusher conveyor sideways so that the second pusher conveyor is aligned with the first pusher conveyor (14). An automatic machine characterized by having   The automatic machine according to claim 1, wherein the first pusher conveyor (14) supplies at least one other lateral feed for feeding another product (11) to a stacking position with respect to the first product (11). Automatic machine characterized in that it comprises a device (15).   2. Automatic machine according to claim 1, characterized in that the longitudinal closing device (23) is a glue dispenser.   2. The automatic machine according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal closing device (23) is a welding machine suitable for selectively performing longitudinal welding between the two bags (101). machine.   2. The automatic machine according to claim 1, further comprising a longitudinally arranged longitudinal for performing a side trimming of the excess part (106) of the plastic film (12) and a closing of the package (100) together. Automatic machine characterized in that it includes a directional welder (24).   The automatic machine according to claim 1, further comprising an overturning device (27) with a belt for overlapping the two bags (101).   2. The automatic machine according to claim 1, wherein the packaging station (20) is arranged along the unwinding travel part of the plastic film (12) to attach the label (103) to a preset position, at least. An automatic machine characterized by including one label beamer (22).   11. The automatic machine according to claim 10, wherein the at least one label beamer (22) is associated with a punching device for punching the plastic film (12) in line with the label (103). Automatic machine featuring.   In a package (100) for a series of editorial products (11, 11 '), separate from each other for each of at least one first main product (11) and at least one second product (11'). A package comprising two parallel bags (101) closed with   13. A package according to claim 12, wherein the two bags (101) provide an intermediate closing line (104) for providing four separate display sides for great visibility of the packaged product (11, 11 '). ) Packaged product that can be folded along   13. A package according to claim 12, wherein two wrapping areas (102) for the label (103) forming an overlapping display band are provided at the upper end of the two bags (101) and laterally. A packaged product characterized in that it is separated from the two bags (101) by a direction welding part (107).   In a method of packaging a series of edited products (11, 11 ') with a plastic film (12), at least one first main product (11) and at least one second product (11') are separately and And supplying the packaging station (20) side by side, winding the plastic film (12) around the parallel first and second products (11, 11 '), and closing the package (100). Intermediate position between the first and second products (11, 11 ') parallel to form two separate wrapping bags (101) of the first and second products (11, 11') Performing at least one longitudinal weld (104) and at least one lateral weld (107).   16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising the step of supplying at least one other product (11) in a lateral direction to be positioned on the first main product (11). .   16. The method according to claim 15, further comprising placing a label (103) at a preset intermediate position between the product (11, 11 ') and another product (11, 11') following these products. Including laterally affixing to the film (12) and performing lateral welding (107) to form two enveloping areas (102) for the label (103). Method.